u/No-Self5350

Hi there. I am a 19 year old female with 2+ years in luxury housekeeping alongside other luxury hospitality gigs such as Ascot Racecourse. i am hoping to become a yacht stewardess soon and plan on obtaining my STCW and ENG1 before the end of september. i understand the carribean season is coming up where all the yachts will move around november time and was wondering what my chances are of being hired seeing that i am still a greenie. Do you have any advice on which places I should dockwalk/network or jobs I could work to get closer to that industry? What are the best times to go to antibes/caribbean (i've heard Fort Lauderdale is a lot stricter about dockwalking, but not sure). where would be the best places to get my STCW? It's much cheaper in croatia but i think antibes would be better for networking. Any tips would be greatly appreciated.

Hi everyone, I am 19 years old and looking for a bit of advice on what I should do for my second gap year. I travelled solo for around 4 months on my first gap year, and while there were a lot of challenging moments at first, it ended up being one of the best experiences I ever had in my life. I grew so much as a person and feel like i learnt a lot about myself. People have even complimented me about this since I've come back, and I believe my growth in confidence may also be the reason why i have been getting so many corporate job offers recently, despite not necessarily having the most experience. I currently work in admin at a small mortgage company but i plan on leaving soon, i have been offered two jobs, one in admin at a small boutique firm that provides specialist property advisory and risk-management services and the other a product assistant at a mid-sized specialist financial services firm. my orginal plan for my gap year was to save up a bit and solo travel again through asia or get a job abroad working on a yacht or something similar. i plan on attending uni next year so i wanted to have another year to learn more about myself and explore the world however now im debating if i should stay back and take these jobs i am recieving as they provide a very good opportunity and could push me into property or financial sectors. i do want a high paying job when i am older and would be interested in international work, something like project management which i believe this could help me get into. i would find any advice/opinions extremely helpful.